Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas in Los Angeles I manipulated costly hot and cold water in appropriate vessels throughout the house , Bali is a network of streams and rivers which , like veins and arteries , must be distinguished one from the other for their various uses . |
| 2 | Michael Middleton has argued that Minton 's search for stimuli in exotic places and his febrile manner of living reflects a longing to escape self-consciousness and to live in the moment : ‘ He was for ever dashing off , afraid he might be missing something round the corner — another party , an evening at the Jazz Club , a drink on the Soho circuit . ’ |
| 3 | Even if the arrangement within each class was a branching tree , the classes themselves could be set one above the other to form a continuous sequence . |
| 4 | It was possible , however that from a licensed dealer they would be getting nothing of the kind . |
| 5 | Independent software vendors will be charged nothing until the second year when a $2,500 fee per company will be levied . |
| 6 | Will be crossing everything in the hope of a last minute reprieve . |
| 7 | Since the ubiquitous Robert Goodwill ( Tory , Redcar ) keeps asking us his Labour opponent 's whereabouts , we can tell him that Marjorie Mowlam will be having one in the Punch Bowl too . |
| 8 | Not that I will be changing anything in the immediate area of the shelf at the base of which the bait lies , but I thought it better to give the carp a profound liking for the swim before even one stalk of rush or one lily pad was removed . |
| 9 | Standard machines measure 600 mm ( 23⅝in ) deep by 595 mm ( 23⅜in ) wide , to fit between units and can be stacked one above the other , but , unless you have a separate utility room , that does not leave much space nearby for storing laundry supplies and accessories or setting down the just cleaned laundry . |